Men's Basketball

Men's Hoops Falls To Loyola Marymount, 77-70

LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Loyola Marymount Lions made 11 of 12 free throws in
the final 1:13 to hold of the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos 77-70 Wednesday night at
Gersten Pavilion.

Senior guard Eruskine Robinson led LMU (4-3) with 14 of his team-high 18
points in the second half, including 10-for-10 on free throws. Kent Dennis
added 17 and Robert Davis had 16, including eight of 11 free throws after
halftime.

The Gauchos, who trailed by as many as 13 points, cut the Lions' lead to
69-65 with 44 seconds left, but LMU made eight straight free throws to close
out the game.

Hull almost shot UCSB back into the game down the stretch, hitting for 17
points in the second half.

Loyola Marymount outscored UCSB 29-15 from the free-throw line.

LMU led 37-26 after a first half in which both teams had trouble finding an
offensive rhythm. The Lions, who shot just 28 percent from the floor in their
last home game against UC Irvine, missed their first seven shots and didn't
score a field goal until Andy Osborn's basket with 13:43 left in the first
half. The Gauchos were similarly cold early, going just 1-for-12 from the floor
in the first six minutes.